Gandhi Jayanti 2024: ‘What kind of Muslim are you? To whom did Gandhiji say this?

Gandhi Jayanti 2024: Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat. Therefore every year this day is celebrated as the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi played an important role in the independence of the country.

Mahatma Gandhi respected all religions and he himself was influenced by all religions. Because he saw India’s independence only in the unity of religions. Even today people are influenced by Mahatma Gandhi’s thoughts, mantras, teachings etc.

Gandhiji was influenced by Prophet Hazrat Muhammad

But Prophet Hazrat Muhammad had a deep impact on the life of Mahatma Gandhi. Bapu Gandhi was impressed by the Prophet’s simplicity, self-forgetfulness, faithfulness to his vows, deep devotion to friends and followers, fearlessness, selflessness and hence he considered Muhammad a great prophet.

Apart from being influenced by Prophet Muhammad, Gandhiji also studied the Quran regularly. He memorized Surah Al-Fatiha. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad had many times seen Mahatma Gandhi reading the Quran early in the morning.

What kind of Muslim are you?

According to ‘Vakil’, a daily article published by Maulana Azad, Hindu-Muslim riots had started across Bengal shortly before independence. Gandhiji was saying to a group of rioting Muslims in Noakhali itself, ‘What kind of Muslim are you? If Hazrat Mohammad comes here today, many of you will refuse to even accept Muslims. I am a better Muslim than you people. They will definitely accept me because I am following the path shown by them. This sentence of Bapu shows how much he was influenced by Prophet Hazrat Muhammad.

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